Studying in an Online Environment While online texts and research offer students a vast array of choices, teachers must be aware of pros and cons to teach students how to navigate the internet. Online texts and research offer pros and cons. Pros: features of changing fonts, size, contrast and audio text to name a few. Cons: They dont often provide strategies to students or checks for comprehension, some audio support is difficult. But some bigger issues are:
In online reading structures of text can change rapidly and the reader is expected to adjust, traditional text can also change but not as drastically. The author generally remains the same in traditional while in Online there are often several authors.
It is more difficult in Online work to choose topics. The choices are increased many times over. Students should be given extra support to work online.
Least of all lets us not forget the technology....The student may need online access in and out of school. Will they have the hardware and know how to use it? Do they have necessary accessories, i.e. headphones, microphone, webcam, etc?
While online texts and research offer students a vast array of choices, teachers must be aware of pros and cons to teach students how to navigate the internet.
Online texts and research offer pros and cons.
Pros: features of changing fonts, size, contrast and audio text to name a few.
Cons: They dont often provide strategies to students or checks for comprehension, some audio support is difficult. But some bigger issues are: